Windows CE Remote Registry Editor

The Windows CE Remote Registry Editor is a tool for editing Windows CE system registries and adding, deleting, and modifying registry keys on Windows CE-based devices. The Windows CE system registry resides in the object store on the remote device.

The Windows CE Registry Editor window displays the My Computer and My Emulation top-level registry headings, as well as a registry heading for each device that the Registry Editor is connected to. For example, if the Registry Editor is connected to an H/PC, the Registry Editor will contain a My HPC top-level registry heading.

Double-click the appropriate registry heading to view system registry information—including information about top-level registry keys—for the desktop computer, emulation environment, or a device.

The following screen shot shows the Registry Editor window.

The following table shows the top-level registry keys.

Registry Key	Description
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE	Root key for configuration information
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT	Root key for associating a file with an application
HKEY_CURRENT_USER	Root key for configuration information about the user currently logged on to the system

The Registry Editor not only enables you to view registry keys, but also to download and edit them.

To download a registry key from a device

Double-click the registry heading that corresponds to the remote device, such as My HPC, and then double-click a top-level registry key.

After the remote registry key downloads to your desktop computer, you can edit the key. When you edit the downloaded registry key, the user interface uses the Remote API (RAPI) to directly edit the registry of the remote device. You can export your Windows CE registry as a text file for easy viewing, as shown in the following procedure.

To export the registry to a text file

Choose Export Registry File on the Registry menu.
Select a file location in the Save in drop-down list box.
Enter a text string in the File name field.

You can use the Registry Editor to add, change, rename, and delete keys and values from the registry. The following procedures explain how to add a key or value, how to delete or rename a key or value, and how to modify a registry value.

To add a key or value to the registry

Open the registry list and use your mouse cursor to find the location you want to use as an entry point for a new key or value.
Choose New on the Edit menu, and then choose Key to add a new key or choose the type of value you want to add: String, Multi-string, Binary, or DWORD.
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Select the Key icon or an icon that corresponds to one of the value types. Hold an icon in the down position for a brief moment to see its corresponding value.
Type a name for the new key or value, and then select OK.

To delete or rename a registry key or value

Choose a key or value you want to delete or rename. You do not need to open the key or value.
Choose Delete on the Edit menu to delete the key or value, or choose Rename to rename it.
If you chose Rename, the Registry Editor highlights the key or value. Enter the new name of the key or value.

To change a registry value

Double-click the value you want to change.
Type the new value definition in the Value field of the New Value dialog box, and then click OK.